Jon Bon Jovi will be American Idol’s guest mentor for final three contestants on season 22 finale
The singer is set to help this season's Top 3 contestants in the music competition show's season finale.
Fans are ready for American Idol's season 22 finale, and Jon Bon Jovi is set to join the team for the season's final episode.
The show announced on the Sunday, April 21 episode that the famed singer will be the guest mentor for the Top 3 contestants and will help prepare the finalists as they gear up for their final performances.
Jon will join judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and host Ryan Seacrest as America decides the fate of this year's contestants.
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Following Jon's mentorship, the singing competition will name its 22nd winner on Sunday, May 19.
Katy will also be preparing for the finale, which is set to be her final episode as a judge on American Idol. She recently opened up about why she decided to leave the music competition show after seven seasons. "I am always emotional on finale, but gosh when this finale comes, I better just tape the false lashes to my face," she told ET recently.
"I'm just trying to make space for other things," she said. "It's not like me ending this show means I'm going to go retire on an island, even though that would be fabulous. I'm gonna go to work."
The news of Katy's departure from the show comes amid rumors that she is preparing to release her sixth studio album soon. Meanwhile, her coworkers Lionel and Luke support her decision. "She's got a baby and she's got a family, got new music, and it's going to be amazing," her fellow judge Lionel also told ET. "I'm pulling for her. I told her, 'If you need help on the road, Luke [Bryan] and I will be right there."
Before Katy says goodbye during the American Idol season finale next month, Bon Jovi also has a new docuseries coming to Hulu this Friday, April 26. The four-part Hulu docuseries, titled Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, chronicles the band’s past and follows as they figure out their future after their front-man undergoes surgery in 2022 after a vocal injury.